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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 9 - 14, 2013

(4) Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rhenen

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$475,127.50

Sophie van Gestel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oostelbeers

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corrientes 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$154,425.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	28	1	1	0	2	3	1	7	0	10	3	US$208,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Danielle Remmers - 33rd
2009	Did not play	Danielle Remmers - 41st
2010	Marloes Wesselink - 41st	Did not play
2011	Marloes Wesselink - 33rd	Did not play
2012	Sophie van Gestel - 9th	Madelein Meppelink - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	4	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	6	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	5	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	10	4th	350	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	20	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	2nd	720	US$29,500.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2013	Pool D	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (29, Q9)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:37
Wed, 7/10/2013	Pool D	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (20)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 14-16	0:50
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool D	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (13)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:43
Fri, 7/12/2013	Winner 1	Maria Antonelli / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (9)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:34

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	5	1	0	$162,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	$31,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	28	1	1	0	2	3	1	7	0	10	3	0	$208,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelein Meppelink												Sophie van Gestel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$16,500.00	World Tour Finals
54	1	3	4	3	10	10	11	9	0	$333,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	1	1	0	2	2	5	8	4	0	$110,300.00
47	0	2	3	2	7	9	16	7	0	$98,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	3	2	4	7	1	0	$33,125.00
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,090.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
122	2	6	7	5	21	27	32	17	0	$475,127.50	Total	60	1	3	1	5	5	11	19	6	0	$154,425.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$12,700.00	7	9	43.8 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	$79,300.00	33	19	63.5 %
2013	FIVB	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$81,100.00	28	12	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	1	0	2	2	1	4	0	8	1	0	$173,100.00	68	40	63.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelein Meppelink													Sophie van Gestel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$6,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	2	$25,400.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,525.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	$16,300.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$6,350.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$39,650.00
7	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,550.00	2013	FIVB	7	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	$40,550.00
50	1	1	0	2	8	4	20	9	5	$128,100.00	Total	Total	34	1	3	1	2	5	7	9	1	5	$96,875.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	52	65.0%	15	18.8%	13	16.3%	67-13	83.8%	11	21.6%	9	17.6%	31	60.8%	11-40	21.6%	52-31	62.7%	26-22	54.2%	1	2	79-55	59.0%
2012-2013	44	69.8%	11	17.5%	8	12.7%	55-8	87.3%	8	25.0%	6	18.8%	18	56.3%	8-24	25.0%	44-18	71.0%	19-14	57.6%	1	0	64-32	66.7%
Against the Field	20	60.6%	8	24.2%	5	15.2%	28-5	84.8%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	10	62.5%	3-13	18.8%	40-18	69.0%	22-16	57.9%	1	0	32-17	65.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	0	31	17	0	0	11	12	2	1	0	1	1	1	52	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	3	2	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Total	0	0	14	0	43	24	1	0	17	22	2	2	0	2	1	1	84	56

Head to Head Results
Meppelink/van Gestel lead the series against the field 30-15 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	Mader/Zumkehr	11	21-14, 21-9	0:29
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Mader/Zumkehr	12	21-11, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Xue/Zhang	1	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 5 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 2-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Cicolari/Menegatti	8	21-18, 21-13	0:36
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Series tied with # 6, Q1 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Maestrini/Seixas	11	Meppelink/van Gestel	3	21-12, 21-19	0:38
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Maestrini/Seixas	11	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 7 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	26-24, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
5/5/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	16-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 4-2
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	9	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	21-17, 21-14	0:34
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	3	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	21-16, 21-18	0:38
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	0:52
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-2
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	21-17, 21-18	0:36
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	24, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	22	21-11, 21-10	0:29
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-3
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	21-14, 21-18	0:40
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:43
5/5/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	21-14, 25-23	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-0
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	Keizer/Van Iersel	2	22-20, 21-14	0:34
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	Keizer/Van Iersel	5	21-13, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 16 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-2
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Meppelink/van Gestel	3	Kolocova/Slukova	14	21-16, 21-18	0:42
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	26	21-18, 21-13	0:35
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Meppelink/van Gestel	29, Q13	21-19, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Fendrick/Hochevar, United States 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Meppelink/van Gestel	3	Fendrick/Hochevar	19	21-13, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-2
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Nestarcova/Pridalova	20	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	21-18, 18-21, 16-14	0:50
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	22	Meppelink/van Gestel	12	10-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Fopma/Sweat, United States 2-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	Fopma/Sweat	28	21-17, 21-23, 15-10	0:50
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	Fopma/Sweat	29, Q13	21-15, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 22 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 2-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	21	21-15, 16-21, 15-8	0:41
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	23, Q4	21-19, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Hansel/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Hansel/Schutzenhofer	28, Q12	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 Broder/May, Canada 4-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	Broder/May	29, Q9	21-17, 22-20	0:37
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	Broder/May	25, Q9	21-16, 21-9	0:30
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Meppelink/van Gestel	10	Broder/May	26, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:36
4/25/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	Broder/May	Q24	21-14, 20-22, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # Q6 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	Giombini/Gioria	27, Q11	25-27, 21-15, 15-6	0:54
Lead the series against # Q8 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 3-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool F	Meppelink/van Gestel	6	Hermannova/Williams	22	21-13, 21-16	0:31
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool E	Meppelink/van Gestel	5	Hermannova/Williams	21	21-13, 21-9	0:29
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Meppelink/van Gestel	9	Hermannova/Williams	24	21-15, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # Q12 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Meppelink/van Gestel	3	Bansley/Pavan	30, Q15	21-16, 21-9	0:31